April 22nd, 20190247Industrial Light & Magic Presents: Making Solo: A Star Wars Story by Rob Bredow is about as close to an inside look into the making of a Star Wars film as most us will get. That alone makes the book an invaluable addition to the library of any fan. However, that’s not all you get with Making Solo. In this book you will find a...
January 22nd, 20190302Solo: A Star Wars Story is officially an Oscar nominated film! Rob Bredow, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, and Dominic Tuohy, and the entire team at Industrial Light & Magic received a nomination from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the category of Visual Effects for their work on the movie. Corellia, the Train...
November 7th, 2018095INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC LAUNCHES ‘ILM TV’ Industrial Light & Magic expanding its offering of best-in-class visual effects and animation services to include the streaming and episodic television market with a new division: ILM TV. The division will be based out of ILM’s new 47,000 square foot London studio and supported by...
November 6th, 20180101ROB BREDOW IS HEADING TO STAR WARS CELEBRATION CHICAGO THE HEAD OF INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC WILL BE ON HAND FOR PANELS AND TO SIGN HIS UPCOMING BOOK THAT GOES BEHIND THE SCENES OF SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY. Executive Creative Director and Head of Industrial Light & Magic Rob Bredow will be joining fans at Celebration Chicago...
September 12th, 20180202Another sneak peek at the bonus content available on the Solo: A Star Wars Story digital and Blu-ray release has been shared by io9. "Into the Maelstrom" gives us a look at the visual effects techniques used to bring the Millennium Falcon's hyperspace sequences to life not only for the audience, but for the cast as well. The process...
February 26th, 20180251ILM has released two new videos in their 'Behind the Magic' series looking at the Oscar-nominated visual effects from Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The first focusses on the Battle of Crait, while the second looks at the process for bringing Supreme Leader Snoke to life. Both can be seen below: Take a look behind the magic at the...
February 22nd, 20181327Visual effects giant ILM has been Oscar nominated for their work on Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and they've released two videos giving fans a look behind the curtain for two scenes -- The Resistance bombing run, and the First Order's hangar bay. You can see the step-by-step break down of each in the videos below: Take a look behind...
January 23rd, 2018064The nominations for the 2018 Oscar Awards were announced today (in part by Supreme Leader Snoke himself, Andy Serkis) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi received recognition in four categories -- Original Score, Sound Editing and Mixing, and Visual Effects. You can see the nominated categories, along with the competition, below: MUSIC...
September 27th, 20170102As previewed today on The Star Wars Show, ILM has released a VFX video breakdown of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. See how all the amazing effects, including recreating Grand Moff Tarkin, were accomplished in the full-length video below: This full-length reel represents a sample of the work created for over 1750 shots by artists,...
February 16th, 20170226ILM has released a new video highlighting the work that went into creating the worlds of Jedha and Scarif for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The ILM team earned one of two Oscar nominations for Rogue One this year in the category of Best Visual Effects (the other nomination is for Best Sound Mixing). Check out their amazing work in...